Want to locate my miter saw at end of work benc

[Glennbear]

Originally Posted by halfblind

Steve, I saw the article you are talking about. Little extreme for me. Of course some folks take great pride in their shops. To me a shop is just a means to an end. I would rather make furniture than stuff for the shop. If you saw what I made today to hold my miter saw you would understand.

I finally got rid of my original router table. It was two saw horses, a piece of plywood with a hole for the bit, a router screwed to the bottom of the plywood, a 2X4 with a notch for the fence and two clamps to hold the fence down. Can't do anything with my new I could not do with the old one. I will say the top stays flatter.

This is the second post that I have read today that prove the adage "Simpler is better"

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=14241

[woodrat]

Originally Posted by Gotcha6

I'm just setting up my shop & this is what I did:
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In looking at your pic's, I could not help but notice your
RAS. From what I can tell, it looks exactly like mine. My
read out has long since gone by the way side but the saw
still works fine. Mine is @25-30 years old, I think. Can't
remember that far back.

I just got the up-grade offered by Emmerson Electric Co.
and they sent me a whole new table top along with the
blade guard. Looks like a brand new saw now. All Free.

Woodrat

[Gotcha6]

Got that RAS 20+? years ago & never got to set it up in my old shop. DRO tape failed right after I got it & it was replaced but I haven't even put a battery in it in years. The arm is just swung out of the way to make the table more accessible. I'm just now getting this shop set up (see my album) & mostly use the Miter Saw & tablesaw. Hope to get back into it soon.

[sapwood]

Originally Posted by sediener

Anyone ever seen one of these where the miter saw was bolted to a platform which could flip over so you could use the workspace for something else? The saw would hang upside-down like the lunchbox planer/outfeed table roll-around cart in the build a shop article from FW a few months ago.

Any comments on the brilliance or sheer stupidity of trying it?

- Steve

Steve,
Monty has detailed photos of one he made in his gallery. Here's the link and a photo with the planer swung up:



HTH,
Roger